The making of clay pots

The making of clay pots

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

<i>The making of Clay Pots. By /han≠kass'o (L VIII.-23. 8054-8067).</i>

1) p.8053v: |han≠kass'o observed this himself; the name of a plant found in Bushmanland which sticks to the fingers, 2) p.8054v: the earth from which the pots are made (27 December 1878), 3) pp.8058v &amp; 8060v: see

story

14 December 1878 (started)

Artefact and dress

Custom and daily life

clay pots ( the treatment of new )

clay pots ( are not struck with a stone when new )

clay pots ( are dried in the sun )

clay pots ( women teach each other to make )

clay pots ( how |han≠kass'o's wife, Ssuobba-||ken, learned to make )

clay pots ( are rubbed and sealed with fat )

clay pots ( are smoothed with a !kau bone )

clay pots ( 'working' )

clay pots ( blood is boiled inside )

clay pots ( are gum-coated )

clay pots ( the gum used for sealing them )

clay pots ( the making of )

clay pots ( the clay used for )

clay pots ( the making of )

clay ( pounding the earth for making )

clay ( which earth is used for making )

clay ( raw- )

clay ( the drying of )

clay ( the moulding of )

clay ( methods used in making )

clay ( moulded and smoothed with !kau bone )

clay ( newly dried )

clay ( and the making of clay pots )

earth ( the kind used to make clay for pots )

earth ( digging for )

earth ( mixed with male grass )

earth ( the pounding of )

earth ( called 'pot's hole' )

earth ( making the 'stick's hole' )

earth ( is pounded on skin )

skin ( springbok- )

skin ( used for pounding the earth to make pots )

skin ( and the making of clay pots )

digging ( 'stick's hole' )

digging ( 'pot's hole' )

digging ( for the earth used to make clay pots )

work ( performed by men and women )

work ( one who does so 'nicely' )

work ( the |xam terms for 'one who works badly' and 'one who works well' )

work ( and the making of clay pots and bows )

bows ( made from Taaibosch )

bows ( the wood used to make )

bows ( the making of clay pots and )

fat ( used to seal clay pots )

fat ( rubbed inside clay pots )

fat ( and the making of clay pots )

gum ( spooned with a springbok's horn spoon )

gum ( names of different )

gum ( used to coat and seal clay pots )

gum ( !khou's 'eyes' )

gum ( !khou 'dung' )

gum ( uses for )

gum ( from the Doornboom, or !khou tree )

gum ( and the making of clay pots )

|han≠kass'o ( names of his relations )

|han≠kass'o ( his personal history )

|han≠kass'o ( and the making of clay pots by his wife, Ssuobba-||ken )

personal history ( the names of |han≠kass'o's relations )

personal history ( how |han≠kass'o's wife, Ssuobba-||ken, learned to make clay pots )

springbok ( blood boiled in clay pot )

springbok ( blood carried in a stomach )

springbok ( its horn is used as a spoon )

springbok ( and the making of clay pots )

stone ( used to break bones )

stone ( used in cooking to break bones )

stone ( and the making of clay pots )

bone ( the cooking and eating of )

bone ( breaking with a stone )

bone ( and the making of clay pots )

plants ( Taaibosch, used to make bows )

plants ( gum used in making pots, from Doornboom, or !khou trees )

plants ( and the making of clay pots )

names ( of trees, plants, bushes used in the making of clay pots and bows )

names ( of |han≠kass'o's relations )

names ( |han≠kass'o's wife was Ssuobba-||ken or Sara )

names ( |xam terms for 'one who works badly' and 'one who works well' )

names ( of the earth used to make clay pots )

names ( of different kinds of gum used in making of clay pots )

names ( of a bone used in making of clay pots )

teaching ( methods of making clay pots )

teaching ( women teach each other to make clay pots )

teaching ( how |han≠kass'o's wife, Ssuobba-||ken, learned to make clay pots )

education ( about methods of making clay pots )

education ( of women who teach each other to make clay pots )

education ( how |han≠kass'o's wife, Ssuobba-||ken, learned to make clay pots )

pots ( the making of clay )

pots ( the treatment of new )

pots ( are not struck with a stone when new )

pots ( are dried in the sun )

pots ( women teach each other to make )

pots ( how |han≠kass'o's wife, Ssuobba-||ken, learned to make )

pots ( are rubbed and sealed with fat )

pots ( are smoothed with a !kau bone )

pots ( 'working' )

pots ( blood is boiled inside )

pots ( are gum-coated )

pots ( the gum used for sealing them )

pots ( the making of )

pots ( the clay used for )

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